Thread:LegionZero/@comment-967403-20170817211636/@comment-6769189-20170818110206

The Protectorate as term/name/organization is nowhere to be found in the games, manuals, etc. Strategy guides are not always accurate. Guardian and protector have not been put in uppercase, suggesting that they are not formal names. Guidepost for the Protector wouldnt make sense either because Dante has Guidepost for the Hunter but he is not part of a clan/organization/family that goes by the name/designation "Hunter." Also the game files on Dumary Island say that the clans priests would call upon demons for help, and that one such clan was Lucia's clan. Priests are males, so this "all-female clan" as the strategy guide says is incorrect. When it comes down to it the strategy guide is primarily about how to beat the game, and is not corroberated by any game or from supplemental materials from the devs.

Divine as in holy, good, heavenly. Argosax is referred to as a god in the eyes of cultists. Sparda himself has been called a god and worshipped as such with powers that rival Mundus but the game has made it clear that he is just a very strong demon. DMC does have a concept of the divine. God also seems to be more of a rank/status/title given to those who have reached a certain level of strength rather than the species itself.